Submission

On the very last day of my first year at this job, I have finished and submitted my final book manuscript to the press. I am exhausted and happy. It's probably a little short (admirably concise!) and it may be unambitious and tentative in places (a modest but engaging study!), but it's done and I do think it makes an important and tidy little contribution to my field.

M. is dismayed because she believes that I will be playing for he rest of the summer, and indeed I may have to spend some hours at the Xbox finishing "Fable," but my ongoing research agenda calls, not to mention my teaching preparation for the fall. Oh, and I agreed to review one of my old tutors' latest books for a journal. Still, today will be taken up with gleeful dancing and gustatory celebrations.